WO2015026769A1 - Boîte à outils de camion à ouverture coulissante - Google Patents

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WO2015026769A1
WO2015026769A1 PCT/US2014/051607 US2014051607W WO2015026769A1 WO 2015026769 A1 WO2015026769 A1 WO 2015026769A1 US 2014051607 W US2014051607 W US 2014051607W WO 2015026769 A1 WO2015026769 A1 WO 2015026769A1
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S. Mill CALVERT
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R11/06—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for tools or spare parts

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  • a tool container assembly In the field of package and article carriers secured to the bed of a truck, a tool container assembly is composed of nested boxes that telescope out to add additional storage space such that each telescoping box may be independently covered and locked.
  • Trucks, particularly pickup trucks, having open cargo beds are used extensively by professional tradesmen to organize and transport tools to job sites.
  • the most popular tool boxes are lockable tool boxes spanning the bed at the cab end of the cargo bed and usually occupying less than two feet of cargo bed length. These are called cross-bed boxes or cross-over boxes and are used to shield the tools from inclement weather as well as protect the tools from theft at the job site.
  • Such tool boxes are most commonly available with a single lid opening up towards the cab or with gull wing doors, that is, with double doors, each door independently opening from a side of the vehicle towards the middle.
  • a tool box assembly for a truck is formed of nested boxes that telescope out to add additional storage space.
  • the rear wall of each inner box locks in extended telescoped position to fill in the hole in the wall created by its having been telescoped out.
  • Each inner box preferably has a top cover that slides around the bottom and sides of the inner box to close the top opening of the inner box.
  • High quality tool box designs seek to add tool storage space losing a minimum amount of valuable cargo space, often needed to haul on-the-job materials.
  • Existing tool box designs often attempt to organize space within the box by providing drawers or carousel devices that only diminish storage space. What is missing is a tool box assembly that can be adjusted to increase storage space only on an as needed basis. The increased storage space must also provide weather protection and theft security for the tools placed in the additional storage space.
  • the solution is a slide-out tool box for a truck that provides extra lockable tool storage when needed.
  • the slide-out tool box looks like a traditional truck tool box, but when more space is needed for locking up tools, one or two additional tool boxes on roller tracks can be pulled out into the bed of the truck.
  • These extra telescoping tool boxes have sliding top doors that are lockable.
  • a handle on one or both extra boxes makes it easy to pull them out like a filing cabinet drawer, except that they are nested together, one inside the other. When they are telescoped out, the rear wall locks in a deployed position and closes off the opening created by telescoping them out.
  • a tradesman with a pickup truck and a tool box can now install a tool box that occupies a minimum of cargo bed space, yet is expandable to add secure tool storage space by simply sliding out the nested boxes. This will both maximize preservation of cargo space when not in use and prevent theft of valuable tools when needed for a particular job.
  • FIG.2 illustrates preferred embodiments of the slide-out truck tool box according to the disclosure.
  • FIG.2 illustrates preferred embodiments of the slide-out truck tool box according to the disclosure.
  • the reference numbers in the drawings are used consistently throughout. New reference numbers in FIG.2 are given the 200 series numbers. Similarly, new reference numbers in each succeeding drawing are given a corresponding series number beginning with the figure number.
  • FIG.1 is a top view of a preferred tool container assembly with two internal boxes telescoped out.
  • FIG.2 is a top view of an internal box with the slidable top cover in a closed position.
  • FIG.3 is a front elevation view of the tool container assembly with two internal boxes in a nested position within the outer box.
  • FIG.4 is a front elevation sectional view of an inner box having a channel for the slidable top cover, the slidable top cover shown in a position closing the inner box.
  • FIG.5 is a top view of the tool container assembly with two internal boxes in the nested position.
  • FIG.6 is a front elevation sectional view of the tool container assembly in the nested position showing the internal covers in a stored position along the sides and bottom to the internal boxes.
  • FIG.7 is a perspective of a truck with the tool container shown with the boxes in a nested position.
  • the truck (700) in FIG.7 serves as an example of how a preferred
  • FIG.1 shows a top view this preferred embodiment of the tool container assembly (100) where an outer box (105) and two internal boxes, a first inner box (1 10) and a second inner box (1 15), are telescoped out in a fully extended position.
  • the tool container assembly (100) includes a plurality of boxes nested together. These boxes preferably have four vertical sides, a bottom and an openable cover or lid. Each box in the plurality of boxes comprises a first wall (510) facing the rear end (710) and a second wall (505) facing the front end (705).
  • the first wall (510) from the perspective of a person looking at it as installed in FIG.7, might also be considered the container assembly's front wall.
  • the outer box (105) is preferably secured in position with respect to the cargo bed (720) so that it is immobilized with respect to the truck (700).
  • the first inner box (1 10) is slidably affixed within the outer box (105) to telescope out of the outer box (105) in a direction towards the rear end (710) of the truck (700) and substantially parallel to the horizontal floor of the truck (700).
  • the sliding mechanism is preferably similar to a filing cabinet slide that telescope out as the box is telescoped out.
  • the slide may be mounted at the bottom center of the inner boxes to avoid interference with the slidable top covers, or when a channel (415) is provided for the slidable top cover, as shown in FIG.4, it may be mounted to opposing outside walls of the channel (415).
  • the second inner box (1 15) is similarly slidably affixed, but it is slidably affixed within the first inner box (1 10).
  • the second inner box (1 15) telescopes out of the first inner box (1 10) in a direction towards the rear end (710) of the truck (700) and substantially parallel to the horizontal floor of the cargo bed (720).
  • any inner box When any inner box is telescoped out of another box, it leaves a hole in the front side wall, that is, the first wall (510) facing the rear end of the truck (700). This hole is filled by the rear wall of the inner box once the inner box is fully extended or telescoped out.
  • the second wall (505) of the first inner box (1 10) completes the first wall (510) of the outer box (105) so that the outer box (105) can be closed with a lid.
  • This lid is exemplified by the top lid (605), shown within the dashed enclosure in FIG.6.
  • each inner box is automatically latched in place when fully retracted and fully extended.
  • the latch (135) mechanism may be released by a lever within or adjacent to the handle (130), much in the same way as is done in a lockable filing cabinet drawer release.
  • the tool container assembly (100) includes a first top cover (120) for the first inner box (1 10) that is slidably contained within a space (512) defined between the outer box (105) and the first inner box (1 10) when all of the boxes in the plurality of boxes are nested together.
  • there is sufficient space between adjacent boxes so that the space for holding the slidable cover extends around the sides of the inner box and into the bottom space between the boxes as shown in FIG.3.
  • the tool container assembly (100) includes a second top cover (125) for the second inner box (1 15).
  • the second top cover (125) is slidably contained within a space (512) defined between the first inner box (1 10) and the second inner box (1 15) when all of the boxes in the plurality of boxes are nested together.
  • each box in the plurality of boxes has a cover or lid that is openable from the top of the respective box.
  • opening the top lid (605) to the outer box (105) provides access to the first inner box (1 10) and the second inner box (1 15) therewithin.
  • the first top cover (120) and the second top cover (125) have a lock (205) so that they may be independently secured.
  • each top cover for the inner boxes has a lock (205), as does the top lid (605) to the outer box (105).
  • the lock (205) may be a cylinder lock or any other type lock.
  • the tool container assembly for a truck (700) has two or more nested boxes.
  • the typical truck has a front end (705) and a rear end (710), a cab (715) near the front end (705) and a cargo bed (720) between the cab (715) and the rear end (710).
  • the cargo bed (720) preferably has a substantially horizontal floor.
  • the tool container assembly (100) includes a plurality of boxes nested together. Each box in the plurality of boxes comprises: a box bottom (410); and side walls (51 1 ).
  • the plurality of boxes includes at least an outer box (105) and a first inner box (1 10).
  • the outer box (105) is mounted in a fixed position relative to the cargo bed (720) and the first inner box (1 10) is slidably affixed within the outer box (105) to telescope out of the outer box (105) in a direction towards the rear end (710) and substantially parallel to the horizontal floor.
  • a top lid (605) to the outer box (105) is structured to open to provide access to storage within the tool container assembly (100).
  • the first inner box (1 10) when telescoped out of the outer box (105) completes a wall to the outer box (105) so that the top lid (605) can close off the outer box (105).
  • a top cover for the first inner box (1 10) is slidably contained around the first inner box (1 10).
  • the top cover is the same as the first top cover (120), described above, which is configured to close the first inner box (1 10) by sliding around the first inner box (1 10).
  • the invention has application to the container industry.

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L'invention concerne un ensemble boîte à outils pour camion formé de boîtes imbriquées qui s'ouvrent de manière télescopique afin d'ajouter de l'espace de stockage supplémentaire. L'ensemble comprend une boîte extérieure et une ou plusieurs boîtes intérieures mises en prise de manière coulissante de sorte que les boîtes intérieures sortent de manière télescopique de la boîte extérieure, qui est normalement fixée au lit de chargement du camion à travers la largeur du camion de sorte que, lorsqu'elles s'ouvrent en coulissant, les boîtes intérieures se déplacent horizontalement vers l'extrémité arrière du camion. La paroi arrière de chaque boîte intérieure se bloque en position télescopique étendue pour remplir le trou dans la paroi créé suite à son ouverture télescopique. Chaque boîte intérieure comprend de préférence un couvercle supérieur qui coulisse autour du fond et des côtés de ladite boîte intérieure pour fermer l'ouverture supérieure de la boîte intérieure.
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